Santiago as a Christ Figure On its surface, Ernest Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea tells the story of Santiago, an old Cuban fisherman who has been 84 days without a catch; Manolin, the young man who loves him; and Santiago's tremendous struggle with a gigantic marlin. ... Faith Santiago's faith in his fishing skill sustains him and offers him hope so that he can endure and remain strong, even in the face of 84 days without a catch, old age, poverty, loneliness, social separateness, and mortality. ... After 40 days without a catch in Santiago's boat, Manolin's...

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He doubts that he will catch any fish because they have spent day and night and there was no success. ... A prediction Jesus makes that also upsets Peter is that that Peter will deny Him three times before a rooster crows (Matthew 26:34, Mark 14:30, Luke 22:34, John 13:38). ... Peter takes his sword out and cuts off the ear of a servant when Jesus is arrested and betrayed by Judas (Matthew 26:51, Mark 14:47, Luke 22:50, John 18:10). ...

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Some of the miracles that he performed were turning water into wine, (Matthew 1:25) Jesus causing the disciples to catch a large load of fish, (Luke 5:4-6) Jesus casting demons out of people, (Matthew 8:28-32; 15:22-28) Jesus healing diseased people, (Matthew 4:23,24; 8:3) Jesus raising the dead (John 11:43-44) and restoring the sight of blind people spiritually and physically. ...

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His position is affirmed by quoting the 10th commandment itself, "Thou shalt not covet" (Ex 20:17) and the Sermon on the Mount where Jesus reprimands even anger (Matt 5:22) and lust (Matt 5:28). ...

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The Ten Commandments and the World in 2002 Here we are 2000 years since the time of Christ and it is evident why Jesus warned us not to be like the world. Through Paul we are commanded "And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prov...

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One traditional Christian view of survival of death runs, in outline form, something like this: On some future day all the dead will be bodily raised, both the righteous and the unrighteous alike, to be judged by God ; and the guarantee and model of the general resurrection (i.e., the raising of the dead in the last days) is the already accomplished resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.My aim in this paper is to explain and defend this basic view of resurrection. There are many ways it might be understood, of course, and perhaps more than one is coherent and even from a Christian point o...

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